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PEOPLE ON A TRAIN, TAIPEI Leave a comment
TREASURE SHOP – CHANG-AN RD. W. (TAIPEI) 3 comments
VIDEO Triton Shell CLICK ME Discovered this shop today – not far from Hyatt Fortune Hotel. Shop is in Chang-An West Road. The old Chinese vase may be the most expensive item for sale. The silver and ruby encrusted Triton Trumpet shell is amazing. About AUD $200 – HOWEVER, this shell is certain to be on [...]
RIPE PEE-PA (LOQUAT FRUIT), DURIAN Leave a comment
http://www.facebook.com/v/10150642028365060 CLICK ABOVE LINK – Short Video YanPing Road was the original fashionable place to shop – starting from ChangAn Road West where there is a Five Ways of intersecting streets (a good roast duck shop and across the road, fresh orange juice 500 ml for NT$50). Walking north on YanPing Road (east side) found [...]
BRICKS AND WALLS Leave a comment
North Gate – when Taipei was surrounded by a wall, and when the city was far smaller. Thousands of people passed through this tunnel gate – many with hopes of a better life ahead. For some this was not going to be the case, for others – fortunes were to be made. There is little [...]
CAMERA and COMPUTER SHOW TAIPEI Leave a comment
CLICK ME to play WMV. Computer and Camera show opened today. Tomorrow and Sunday will be very crowded. Admission free is a tip they could use in Australia at these shows. Photographers like the free models to photograph and test cameras with. My 3.30 video an inspiration for those thinking of teaching English here (in [...]
TAMSUI – NEW LOOK ON WATERFRONT. (click to enlarge) Leave a comment
TAMSUI – BIG SHADY TREES Leave a comment
CLICK ME – Trees video on You Tube In Australia especially, the councils everywhere seem to hate tree’s and remove them (cut them down). There is no copyright on this video. Maybe it will be used elsewhere to help save trees anywhere – please keep link for reference and tell your friends. These big shady [...]
STREET FOOD KAOHSIUNG Leave a comment
One of three or four food stalls outside a Carrefour store, Kaohsiung, this week. The sausages looked and smelled good but were not sampled.
TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL – A short video 720P Leave a comment
CLICK ME – Plays our short video from You Tube. CLICK ABOVE LINK TO PLAY VIDEO
PROTEST SHIP ARRIVES IN TAIWAN Leave a comment
This was as close as I came to the ship today – she looks to be about 200 feet in length, and probably uses a fair bit of fuel. The press report today says Esperanza is sailing to the northern port at Keelung where the ship will be open to the public next weekend, then [...]
